Display rack



E. B. WESTON.

' DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1922.

1,427,248. r Patented Aug. 29 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,"

EDWARD B.v WESTON; or DAY/ION, OHIO.

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Application filed Aim-1122,1922; Serial "N 558,067.

Be it known that I, EDWARD B, Wnsrron, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. y The object of my inventionis to provide a simple, cheap andeflective rack for the dis play of goods in stores and the like, which is es ecially designed for the display ofcar tons and boxes "of biscuits, crackers, cakes and other products and articles of merchandise which are usually packed in boxes or tins with transparent tops for the display of the goods, and in which it is desired to mount the b'o x on the rack tilted position while permitting the box to be opened from the hem.

It ismy object to supply a rack which, can besh-ipped iii knock-down condition adapted to be erected at a moments notice and which shall be strong and rigid, adapted to be set up without liability of mistake by the most ignorant of storekeepers.

The invention consists of that certain novel construction and arran ement of parts to be hereinafter particulafly pointed. out and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rack as a single unit.

Figure 2 is a similar view of one of the shelves.

Figure 3 is a detail showing the lock for the back shelf when shifted into forward position. I

Figure 4 is a view of one of the cross braces.

The side standards comprise for eachend of the rack, flat metallic bars 1, 1, integrally connected at the top by the arch 2 and braced together to form a rigid end frame by the cross braces 3, 3.

The shelves, all of which are of the same size and interchangeable, comprise an open metallic frame 4 with diagonal'braces. 5. Two of these frames makeup a shelf, one

member is secured by bolts 6 and 7 in bolt holes through the end frames and shelf at such angle to the vertical as will give the desired display position for the box resting against it as a back, while the other shelf is similarly secured 'by bolts Sand 9 to the frameat an angle more nearly horizontal to receive the weight of'the box and contents.

These shelfframe's, when thus bolted to the end frames, form a rigid, and substantial framework. g

It has become common practice to provide containers of different depths for such goods, usually of uniform width and breadth, but one set of cartons of half the depth of the other set, and it is desirable to display the boxes with the fronts in'alignment.

To provide for this, the back shelf is released at the bottom and swung'inwardlv into a position parallel with the line of tilt and in that position locked by the rear bolts, which have been loosened to permit the second "adjustment. The smaller cartons are then'rested against the longitudinal edge of the shelf so "as to the fronts into the same alignment asfor the fullsizedboxes In' order to secure the back shelf in this position, I provide lug's or bosses 10 in the uprights at the proper angle with the bolt hole and indent the ends of the frame at 14, 14, inside the bolt hole in the frame, so that the boss will engage the recess and the tightening of the bolt will hold the frame rigid to serve as a back for the smaller sized boxes.

In order that any desired number of these racks may be set up side by side, so that a sectional rack of as many units as required may be furnished, the cross braces 3, 3, for each standard are inset at 12, 12, so that the body of the braces will lie in the same plane with the standards. The bolts are long enough to hold ashelf on each side of the standard and a sectional rack of as many sections as desired is formed with a standard at each or either'end and as many intermediate single standards as may be needed. In order that the shelves can be held in position for the smaller cartons when units are secured together I form the lugs 10 on both sides of the standard, preferably by securing a rivet through the standard at the proper points and forming conical tips on the rivet where it projects at each side of the standard. I also form the indentations 14, 14, in all frames 4, whichindentations are conical also' The effect of the conical formation is to accurately center the parts when the ipped in very small space with the stand -rc s and shelves packed fiat. The bolt holes are all punched with uniforn'rspacing, and the recesses 14 are punched at each end of the shelf fran'ie near each bolt hole, so that all the parts will fit together accurately.

The rack as above described is inexpensive to manufacture and when set up: forms a rigid and substantial structure adapted for use-for both sizes of cartons, While bringing all the cartons into alignment at the front. The angular position or the shelves when bolted in position provides a much more rigid structure than Would result if the shelves were merely secured horizontally.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.In a display rack, metallic end standards with horizontal cross braces to brace and strengthen the standards, and a pair of similar rectangular metallic frames for each shelf section with similarly spaced bolt holes for each cross brace and similarly spaced bolt holes for the end standards, located above the points of attachment of the cross braces, whereby the shelf members may be secured at a substantial angle to each other to hold the packages displayed in tilted position and all shelves may be interchanged.

2. In a display rack,,-metallic end standards with horizontal cross braces to brace and strengthen the standards, and a pair of similar rectangular metallic frames for each sheltsection with similarly spaced bolt holes for each" cross brace and similarly spaced bolt holes for the end standards, located above the points of attachment of the cross braces, whereby the shelf members may be secured at a substantial angle to each other to hold the packages displayed in tilted position and all shelves may be interchanged,

'ith each shelf sectionprovided with a recess in the end near each bolt hole, and With lugs on the end standard to engage each its respective recess to hold the rear shell sec tion in position to form a baclr support for smaller sized cartons.

In display rack, metallic end standards ini horizontal cross braces to brace and strengthen the standards. and a pair of similar rectangular metallic Irames for each shelf section with similarly spaced bolt holes for each cross brace and similarly spaced bolt holes for the end standards, located above the points of attachment of the cross braces, eachcross brace being bent at the ends so that thebody of the brace will lie in the same plane with the end standards, whereby the shelf members may be secured at a substantial angle .to each other and similar shelf members with similar standards may be secured in line therewith to form a singledispla-y rack of a plurality of units.

EDWARD is. vvnsron 

